Move appoints first-ever chief data officer

Move, a News Corp subsidiary and realtor.com operator, announced today the appointment of its first-ever chief data officer. Vineet Singh will focus realtor.com’s data science and engineering on innovation to make it easier on consumers. Singh brings to the company over 25 years of experience in data mining, research and analytics at technology companies such as Intuit, HP, Hitachi and IBM. In his new position, he will report to chief technology officer Suhail Ansari. “This new role underscores the vital importance of economic and consumer data to the online real estate industry,” Ansari said. “In addition to supplementing our comprehensive and accurate listing information with better market data, a focus on data science and engineering also enables us to drive a much more compelling and personalized user experience.” “Vineet brings…